Taking EK226 tomorrow and noticed in Flight Aware for the last week that the flight which usually takes around 14h30m or so this time of year is now closer to 18h. Instead of the usual great circle route which goes over the North Pole and south over Russia, the flight turns south north of Norway and heads to southern France before heading east to Dubai.
Check it out:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...345Z/KSFO/OMDB
The return trip shows the usual great circle route.
Any idea why this would be happening for roughly the last week?